for the institution of Municipal Government and the
revision of the present constitution of the Legislative
Council, and that, Should you come to the conclusion
that additional staff is required over and above the
appointment of a Town Clerk, to avoid diverting your
existing staff from the immediate and urgent problems
of rehabilitation and development, I trust you will
not hesitate to raise the matter with me.
8. I have already expressed to Sir Mark Young
my appreciation of the thoroughness with which the whole
question of constitutional advance in the Colony of
Hong Kong was examined under his guidance and
supervision during his tenure of Office, and of the
clear and competent way in which the various arguments
and his conclusions were conveyed to me in his despatch
No. 145 of the 22nd October 1946. I also asked that an
expression of my appreciation be conveyed to
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, C.B.E.,M.C., for the experienced
advice and ready assistance which he gave throughout
to Sir Mark Young
understand that it is very
desirable that Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 145, and
this reply, should be made public in Hong Kong. I
agree to such publication of this correspondence.
It is fitting that this despatch should conclude
with a further acknowledgment of my deep appreciation
of the careful work of Sir Mark Young and Mr. Hazlerigg
in devising the means whereby His Majesty's Government
will best be able to give efrect to their desire to.
invite the inhabitants of the Colony of Hong Kong to
assume a fuller and more responsible share in the management of their own affairs.
I have, etc.
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